Wild celery (Apium graveolens L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

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[1778]
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17376i
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Wild celery (Apium graveolens L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The leaves of wild celery can be added to soups and the flowering herb is used to treat kidney complaints and rheumatic pain

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1778]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.8 x 22.7 cm

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Apium palustre cauliculis procumbentibus adalas floridum. I.R.H.305. Ital. Sellero aquatico. Gall. persil. de marais, ou le céleri

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Wellcome Collection 17376i

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